Standard for carriage-tops



(No Model.)

A C. C. EGERTON. u Standard f or Carriage Tops.

46.239,944. Patented April 12,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT `()EEIC;E. i

o. oALvEET EGERTON, 0E BALTIMoEaAssiGNoE 0F 'rw'o -frnrnns To BENJ. enAnnrs, 0E sAME PLAGE, AND WILLIAM GANBY, 0E EAL-` TIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND.

STANDARD VFon CARRIAGE-Tops.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,944, dated April 12 1881.

Application led'Febrnary 3, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, G. CALVERT EGER'ION, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Standards for Carriage-Tops; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 are side elevations, respectively, of the upper and lower ends ofthe standard. Fig. 3 is acentral sectional view of the part shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 4 asimilar view of the part shown in Fig. 2.

My invention has reference to standards for sustaining the tops or canopies of childrens carriages; and it has for its object to provide a standard adapted to tilt forward and back and to sustain th`e-canopy at any desired angle with `reference to the standard, which end is attained by articulating the standard twice between its points of attachment to the canopy or top and to the body and providing each joint with an independent locking device.

Generically my invention consistsv in a standard embodying such construction and specifically it consists in certain features of construction of the locking device for securing the upper and lower joints, the latter being an improvement upon that for which Letters Pat ent were granted me August 10, 1680, and numbered 230,930, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, A is the upper extremity of the standard, v

having eyes a for the screws which secure it to the top, and having an arc, B, provided with slots b. rlhe upper ends of the slots are haring or bell-shaped, as shown, to facilitate the entrance of the securing-lug. The partA has on the inside a pin, b', provided with a downwardly-projecting lip, b, which pin rests in a slot in the upper end of the central part, D, of the standard. On the part D is formed a thimble, C, in which playsua pin, j', that is normally depressed by a spring, e, the extent of its downward motion being detcrminedby a transverse pin or rivet, f. A lug, e', is formed on the pin f and engages with the slots b of the arc B. A suitable head or button, E, is attached to the lower end of the pin, to facilitate its being lifted against the resistance of the spring. Lugs G are formed on the part D, bc-

tween which the pin for button E plays,` and which serve to guide the pin as it is raised or lowered.

In order to alter the angle of inclination of the button is in convenient reach of the ngers.

The part D terminates below in a wheel, d,

havnga number of projections, d", located, by preference, 45 apart, and having also trunnions d, which rest-in curved sockets g in the parts G and H, exactly in the manner described in my patent above referred to.

A mirror, D', or,rather two mirrors, placed back to back, are mounted in the part D, as shown. The inside mirrors are about the level of the head of the child seated in the carriage, and serve to amuseit as it perceives its redection therein, The mirrors may be pendent-in the standard instead of rigidly affixed therein, it' desired.

H is the side plate, whichis held to the lower part, G, of the standard by means of rivets g m, and has at its base a thimble, h, which incloses a spring, J. I is a rod, which is normally thrust upward by means of that spring, and carries at its upper end a transverse head,

i', of a lengthto lill the space between one of the projections d and the nextbnt one, and having an indentation, i", to receive the intermediate projection, and indentations i' at either side of the central one at a distance apart equal to that which separates the projections. y

The pin is slotted, as shown at i, and the rivet g' passes through the slot, and serves to guide the pin.

A plate, g",is formed on'the part G, and constitutes the base of the thimble.

' -At the base are eyes l for the screws which attach the` standard to the carriagebody.

To tilt the central portion of the standard with reference to the carriage-body, it is only necessary to push the canopy in the desired direction, when the pin I is depressed by the projections of the wheel d.

It will be seen that betwecnthe practical extremes of adjustment-viz., when the standard is horizontal either to the front or rearthere are seven other possible adjustments, making nine in all,since the standard is secured with all desired rigidity when a projection, d, is in the central depression, i, or when two projections are in the indentations i. In a word, the standard may be secured at points twenty-two and one-half degrees apart on either side of the vertical down to the horizontal, a range and nicety of adjustment answering every requisite. The indentations are not absolutely necessary, as the points d", when equidistant from the central indentation i, furnish a polygon of support whose longer sides equal those of the inscribed octagon of the wheel, and furnish abundant stability precisely in the same degree, it may be remarked, attending the .construction shown v in my patent hereinbefone referred to.

The parts A and D may most readily be detached to renew the springs corJ should they break or become weak.

On removing the pin f thepin f will fall out of the thimble, and the arc B, being sprung` clear of the lugs'o, the canopy may be lifted off.

The parts D may be separated from the basepiece by simply lowering them to a horizontal position, depressing the trunnions to clear the the lower edge of the curved lips g, and drawing the parts D laterally from between the plate H and base-piece G.

It will be seen that the movement of the canopy with reference to the standard is independent of that of the latter with reference to the carriage-body, so that the canopy may be adjusted to a horizontal position at either side of the perpendicular.

l. A carriage-standard having a top piece pivoted thereto and adapted for attachment to the top or canopy, and provided with a slotted arc and a vertically-sliding button or lug for lookin g the said arc, as set forth.

2. A carriage-standard having an indent-ation or slot in its upper end, in which rests the pivot of the part which sustains the canopy, whereby the same is rendered readily removable, as set forth.

3. In combination with the. standard, the

part A,pivoted thereon and having the slotted arc B, the button E, lug e', and spring e, as set forth.

4. In combination with the standard D, having the thimble C, pin j', and spring e, the part A and arc B having arin g slots b, as set forth.

5. In combination with the part A, having slotted arc,the standard D, provided with lugs C, for guiding the locking device, and thev are, as set forth. y

6. The standard D, having the wheeld, provided with projections, as set forth,'in combi-v nation with the bar I, having transverse head z", as set forth.

7. In combination with the standard having wheel provided with projections d, the bar I, having head fi', indented for engagement with the projection, as set forth.

8,. In combinationwith the base-piece, plate H, and standard having wheel d, the slotted bar I, having transverse head, and the spring J, as set forth.

C. OALVER'I EGERTON.

Witnesses:

R. D. WILLIAMS, J. C. GITTINGER.

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